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<h1>geosnap.Community.from_geodataframes<a class="headerlink" href="#geosnap-community-from-geodataframes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<em class="property">classmethod </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">Community.</code><code class="sig-name descname">from_geodataframes</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">gdfs=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/geosnap/_community.html#Community.from_geodataframes"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#geosnap.Community.from_geodataframes" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a new Community from a list of geodataframes.</p>
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<dt><strong>gdfs</strong><span class="classifier">list-like of <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">geopandas.GeoDataFrames</span></code></span></dt><dd><p>list of geodataframes that hold attribute and geometry data for
a study area. Each geodataframe must have neighborhood
attribute data, geometry data, and a time column that defines
how the geodataframes are sequenced. The geometries may be
stable over time (in which case the dataset is harmonized) or
may be unique for each time. If the data are harmonized, the
dataframes must also have an ID variable that indexes
neighborhood units over time.</p>
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